Projects Advised

  • May 2017- RSS-based 3D Drone Localization and Performance Evaluation, co-advised with K. Pahlavan by Zilu Tian

  • Mar 2015 - Pre-Mission Flight Optimization, 2015 co-advised with A. Trapp by Alexander Sunde-Brown and Ethan Moon, Industrial Sponsor: Charles Stark Draper Laboratory

  • Summer 2014 -Performance Sensitivity in Vertical U-Tube Geothermal Energy Harvesting Systems, Industrial Sponsor: New England Geothermal Professional Association (NEGPA) and Haley & Aldrich

  • Dec 2013 - A Statistical Analysis of the Effects of Intrapartum Medications on Newborns in the First Hour After Birth, by Jocelyn Pitman

  • Summer 2012 -Modeling Cancer Stem Cell and Non-Stem Cancer Cell Population Growth, Industrial Sponsor: Center of Cancer Systems Biology, St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center

  • May 2012 - Creating a More Efficient Course Schedule at WPI using Linear Optimization, co-advised with A. Heinricher by Curtis Guimond and Ryan Wormald

  • Dec 2009 - Statistical and Experimental Analysis of a Torque Model for Self-Tapping Screw, by Kate Boulanger, Industrial Sponsor: BOSE Corporation

  • Summer 2009 - Modeling Traffic Flow in Long-term Work Zones, Industrial Sponsor: Massachusetts Highway Department

  • Summer 2009 - Interpolation Algorithms for Interfacing FDTD and FEM Meshes in Multiphysics Modeling of Microwave Sintering, Industrial Sponsor: EMPA - Swiss Federal Labs for Materials Science and Technology

  • Dec 2008 - Rutherford Scattering and GeLi Detection co-advised with G. Iannacchione, by Joseph Duffy, Dericc Orso, Matthew Silva Sa

  • Summer 2008 - A Macroscale Model for the Growth of Glioblastoma Multiforme Incorporating Tumor Cell Heterogeneity, Industrial Sponsor: IBM

  • Summer 2007 - Failure Methods, Clamp Load, and Heat in Self-Tapping Screw Insertion, Industrial Sponsor: BOSE Corporation

  • May 2007 - Failure Methods, Clamp Load, and Heat in Self-Tapping Screw Insertion, 2007 by Jonathan Adler, Industrial Sponsor: BOSE Corporation

  • Summer 2006 - COMSOL Electromagnetic-Thermal Model of Microwave Thermal Processing, Industrial Sponsor: Ferrite, Inc

  • Summer 2006 - Model for Self-tapping Screw Tightening Process and Heat Generation, Industrial Sponsor: Bose Corporation

  • Summer 2005 - FEMLAB Model of a Coupled Electromagnetic-Thermal Boundary Value Problem, Industrial Sponsor: Ferrite Company, Inc

  • May 2005 - Modeling Gliobastoma Multiforme by David Voutila, Industrial Sponsor: IBM Corporation

  • Summer 2004 - A Continuum Model of the Growth of Malignant Brain Tumors, Industrial Sponsor: IBM Corporation

  • Summer 2003 - Modelling iBOT Belt Dynamics, Industrial Sponsor: DEKA Research and Development Corporation

  • Summer 2002 - Analysis of Intelligible Speech in a Noisy Environment, Industrial Sponsor: DEKA Research and Development Corporation

  • May 2002 - Mathematical Modeling of Metal Bioremediation by Nicole Vega

  • Summer 2001 - Modeling Fluid Flow in a Positive Displacement Pump, Industrial Sponsor: DEKA Research and Development Corporation

  • May 2001 - Pattern Formation in Biological Systems by Yakov Kronrod, Megan Lally